Events coordinated by the College of Graduate Studies

Friday, July 06, 2018

  • Dissertation Defense: Experimental and Modeling Study of Oxy-Fuel CO2 Combustion for Direct-Fired Power Cycles

    HEC: 113

    Announcing the Final Examination of Owen Pryor for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle is a revolutionary concept for zero-emission, high efficiency, and compact power generation. This concept has brought about new questions on the chemical kinetics of several small hydrocarbon fuels and the effects of carbon dioxide as the primary diluent on the different …

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  • Dissertation Defense: Countering the Narrative: Exploring the Relationship among Wellness, Resilience, and Empowerment within Black Men who have Sex with Men Living with HIV (BMSM+)

    ED 306

    Announcing the Final Examination of Nevin J. Heard for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The goal of this research was to investigate the relationship among wellness, resilience, and empowerment within BMSM+. The researcher sought to address the limitations of previous research and add to the gap in literature surrounding the wellness of BMSM+ by applying a Critical, Race, Queer, …

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  • Thesis Defense: Gender and Conflict in Long-Term Romantic Relationships

    NSC: 254

    Announcing the Final Examination of Emily Hamlin for the degree of Master of Arts in Communication. Conflict is inevitable, but not inherently negative. All relationships face conflict with some frequency and long-term romantic partnerships are no exception. This exploratory qualitative study investigated conflict types, approaches, and affective components using digital conflict journals. Participants logged their relational conflict for one month …

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  • Data Management: Perils of Fabrication, Falsification, and Confidentiality – CORE (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    This workshop addresses research misconduct in the form of fabrication of data or experimental outcomes, falsifying data or originality of material (e.g., plagiarism) and breech of confidentially of data as it relates to human subjects or contractual obligations. An historical perspective is given to highlight some infamous examples of misconduct and the ensuing scandals when they were publicized. Some mechanisms …

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